Big mistake.But it is these satellite communities that might provide a great low-risk/low-barrier to entry live-and-fix while your discovering the region.  

Typically you want to wash the dishes and put them directly into the dishwasher .. its a real pain and bad design with that set-up.

The appliances being mismatched (black range/SS fridge/missing dishwasher-NO ONE buying a house wants to also buy a dish rack!)

If it were me, knowing that I'm asked to dish out 25k, from someone I know little about is quite a commitment.

Ceramic soap dish 10.

I also like asking what incentives were dished out to get the property leased up (ie free rent, move in specials).

Get things that either wear hard (non-teflon cookware, pleather couch) or can be cheaply switched out (slip cover couch, Ikea duvet covers, open stock dishes to replace damaged ones and keep the set matched) if they get thrashed.A penalty-based cleaning fee (instead of a flat fee) will leave your guests feeling, well, penalized after their stay.  

University of Michigan is among several universities other to plant satellite campus right in the heart of Detroit as well as the new University Hospital branch.

Here the magic number is four;4) Rooming houses work best when you have a "trusted" resident who can act as Den Mother to the house: ensure the garbage gets taken out, dishes get done, etc.  

Oh just leave the water running while we are washing dishes, etc.